Midjourney, Inc.
| Type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Artificial intelligence |
| Founded | 2021 |
| Founders | David Holz |
| Headquarters | San Francisco, California |
Area served | Worldwide |
| Products | Midjourney |
Number of employees | 60[1] |
| Website | midjourney |
Midjourney, Inc. is an American artificial intelligence company, known for its image-generation model, Midjourney. It was founded in 2021 San Francisco, California, by David Holz,[2] previously a co-founder of Leap Motion.[3] Holz told The Register in August 2022 that the company was already profitable.[4]
The company calls itself an "independent research lab".
Image generation model
The Midjourney image generation model entered open beta on July 12, 2022.[5]
Midjourney generates images from natural language descriptions, called prompts, similar to OpenAI's DALL-E and Stability AI's Stable Diffusion.[6][7]
Medical imaging project
In June 2026, Midjourney announced Midjourney Medical, a division developing a proposed full-body ultrasound system called Midjourney Scanner that scans users in water using a ring of sensors.[8][9] The company said the system would produce body-composition scans in about 60 seconds and planned a San Francisco spa location for 2027.
References
- ↑ "Midjourney | Company Overview & News". Forbes.
- ↑ Salkowitz, Rob (September 16, 2022). "Midjourney Founder David Holz On The Impact Of AI On Art, Imagination And The Creative Economy". Forbes. Archived from the original on June 28, 2023. Retrieved March 19, 2023.
- ↑ Vincent, James (August 2, 2022). ""An engine for the imagination": an interview with David Holz, CEO of AI image generator Midjourney". The Verge. Archived from the original on September 20, 2023. Retrieved March 19, 2023.
- ↑ Claburn, Thomas (August 1, 2022). "Holz, founder of AI art service Midjourney, on future images". The Register. Archived from the original on November 12, 2022. Retrieved September 5, 2022.
- ↑ @midjourney (July 12, 2022). "We're officially moving to open-beta!" (Tweet). Retrieved August 31, 2022 – via Twitter.
- ↑ "Huge "foundation models" are turbo-charging AI progress". The Economist. Archived from the original on November 17, 2022. Retrieved June 26, 2022.
- ↑ Hertzmann, Aaron (June 10, 2022). "Give this AI a few words of description and it produces a stunning image – but is it art?". The Conversation. Archived from the original on June 10, 2022. Retrieved June 26, 2022.
- ↑ "A New Era of Midjourney". Midjourney. Retrieved June 19, 2026.
- ↑ Lawler, Richard (June 17, 2026). "Midjourney goes from generating cat images to full-body ultrasound scans". The Verge. Retrieved June 19, 2026.
